Wad-feeding device.



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WAD FEEDINGDEVICE. V 7 (Application filed Mar. 20, 1899. Renewed June 24, 1901.) '-(No Modem 3 Sheets-$heet i.

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Patented July l6, l90l. W. L. MORRIS. WAD FEEDING DEVICE, (Application filed Mar. 20, 1899. Renewed June 24, 1901.)

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W. L. awnms. v WAD FEEDING DEVICE. (Avnlicatiun filed Mar. 20, 1899. Renewed June 24, 1901.)

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UNITED Sta r-Es PATENT twice.

\VILLIAM L. MORRIS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE AUSTIN CARTRIDGE COMPANY. OF SAME PLACE WAD-FEEDING DEVICE.

S?EGIFICATIO N forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 678,827, dated July 16, 1901. Application filed March 20,1899. Renewed June 24, 1901. Serial No. 65,881. (Ne model.)

To (I/ZZ/ whorl). it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM L. Mourns, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cleveland, county of Ouyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tad-Feeding Devices, of which the following is a specification, the principle of the invention being herein explained and the best mode in which I have contemplated applying that principle so as to dis! inguish it from other inventions.

My invention relates to that class of ma chines designed to feed cut wads into sheilloading machines, and particularly to improvements in the wad-feeding device shown and described in my application for United States Letters Patent, Serial No. 705,363, filed February 13, 1899.

The general construction of my improved device is similar to that shown in the abovenamed application, the principal changes being directed, first, to the wad-holder, the im-' proved form of which permits the use of smooth-faced instead of the undulate cams and results in a smooth reciprocating and angular movement on the part of the wad-holder, an advantageous feature in large machines, and, second, to the wad-spout and means for removing the wad-holder.

I The annexed drawings and the following description set forth in detail certain mechanism embodying the invention, such disclosed means constituting but one of various mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawings, Figure I represents a side elevation of my improved wadfeeding device. Fig. II represents a partial central transverse sect-ion taken upon line 2 2-,

Fig. I, and showing the upper portion of the wad-carrier and attached wad-holder in elevation. Fig. 111 represents a perspective and enlarged view of the end of the wad-holder and the removable spout seated in a broken,

portion of the wad-hopper side. Fig. IV represents a perspective of the wad-spout seated in a broken portion or the hopper side as viewed from the side opposite that from which the view shown in Fig. III is taken. Fig. V represents an enlarged cross-section of the wad-holder with wads therein; and Fig. VI

represents a vertical longitudinal section of the entire machine, showing certain parts in the sectional plane in elevation.

In order that the operation of my specific improvement may be fully understood, I shall first describe briefly the general operation of the whole machine.

A wad-hopperA,.niountcd upon a frame B and having downwardly-converging sides, has slidably mounted in it a vertically-reciprocable plate 0, upon the upper edge ofwhich is hingede movable wad-holder 1), formed I with a wad-race d. A lifter E, vertically reciprocable, engages the under surface of the wad-holder. The'lower ends of plate 0 and litter E are each provided with a roller E and C, respectively. Two rotatable cams F and G, driven by suitable shafting H and J, gearing J and J, and a driving-pulley J respectively engage and oscillate two levers K and L, whose ends engage the rollers E and C respectively, as shown. The two cams are so constructed and placed relatively to each other that upon their rotation the plate 0 and lifter E will be simultaneously raised until the plate reaches the upper extremity of its stroke, from which point, however, the lifter is further raised, so as to tilt the wadholder upon its pivotal center, as shown in Fig. 11 in dotted lines. The cams continuing their rotation, the reverse of the above operation takes place, plate, litter, and wad-holder reassuming their original positions.

The wad-holderD is providedwith the wadrace (1, the upper surface of whose respective sides are of undulate formation, the undulations of the one side alternating with thoseof the opposite side of the race. At the point in the hopper-wall contiguous to the hinged end of the wad-holder when the plate 0 is at the upper extremity of its reciprocal stroke is formed a discharge-opening A, Fig. II. The end of the holder contiguous to the wadspout or discharge-openingA is provided with a hood D, which. overhangs the wad-race and is of a height such that a ivad may pass over a wad belomin the race. The inner surface of said hood is inclined or curved, so as to deflect wads laterally therefrom. Such inclined said spelling aiming the liiseharge of Ehe'wads firom vbhe heidsz'. Tim portiop of the hopper. sick) con mining m diseharge-opgming i8 mafia may ha 113962 surface is continued in a. surfaca a, formed contiguous it mid digchmge -penin'g, as szmwnin Fig. IV. Thaw twa surfaces ioi'm a. continusgma. sl m-Ease" whiah deflects wads passing abmre fim discharge' 0 ening and eamses mean 1% fszlfi mckinm tharhupper A. with-5.211%. flogging the and of the-wgd mw amid removahie, mm difEez-aut-sized openings @f wads. I

The Wad-M369? being miaec'i as described, the) wad-zmea is filled with wads in various positions, 3.3 ahown in Fig. V. On mashing its: upbermost posit-ion ,the lifter: E imparts this anguim mnvement- 12o theholder, mad; the wmis start inward the discharge openin These rasting entirely in the race'pass (lawn freely, while those lyingangulmly, as shown in Fig. V, mammal we; undulations in the sides and aam gi wman nprighfi. position ,whereupon they am in positixm toxin-0p into the race whan an opportunity is a ovded by an interval betwaen twuwads salm'szdy Zoemed'therein. The aitarnata m'mngamem causes snchnpmm, so tkiififim wads'wiilmfi; imtevfer and crawd @a ai. athefnfi Lbs top of me holder. A iaz'gey 11m mbw-zr oi? wafis are hence eausad to mm! the. men; and be diseharged than we're such alml'nam-armngament'not provided.

Tim feadingspaad 05 my improved (EG'ViGQ is Emma smy limited by me speed of the driving-- pnlie-y Jflwhich may be varied as mnfurm with me a'c-squiremenmaf tbs; particular shell-leading maahim to whisk it is applied. The pm 514m of the hopgwrr egmminingfiha diachzwgw Waning bsi ng remavableflhe Wadhoidm may at me uppermnst limit of 55 stm'oka be m moved by first removing sai portion and men swinging said mm? up-mu 11m zsegmems c mzfi am at we hqppm', 34% shown in dotted lines in H, whereupnu said holder becumes disengaged. 5mm 32.226; s-iagmaam and permits of pariicuiarly point out and distincfiy shim as my inventi0n- 1. In E2. wad-feeding device, film wmbina tin of & warl-receptacle, a wai-hfi2dm msw ablein-an. upward direction in mid raw-pm- .ficl'e, and means for imparting angu'iiai? mww meant in an upwamd dimetion E0 saidf'hmmr, 2km latter provided with a. tx-oug'ivshw'ad'wad mafia ms top'edges of 'whuse aside wan. am of u ndnlate farmatiomsubsmmially as 5% form. 2. In a, wadieefii'ng devicea, the combinatiou with a Wadmeeeptacle. of mwad-holfir angulaz'ly movable themin, aivi gmvidmi with a trough-'shapefi Wad-race the uggwenefiges of.

whose sicle Walls are of undaiam fermatiw.

snbstantialiy as set farm.

3. In a. wadieeding fi'evice, we wm'biuatfmn with a, wad-=receptacle, 0E an angaiar'iy mowgble W2-d-h01fi8f insaidmceptaelfi Wm vide with a. wmLrace having sidq: Walls whqme upper edges are of lindulzma fomnatien, ma undulations of the (me side alfiemating with respect to those of ma other side, substmr tially as sepfbmh.

It; a Wadfeeding fiviee, the combinaiion of a wadwecephacle. a Wad-holder in said z'ecpmcie, am? means fori'mparting angular mewmenfi in an upward direction t0 said fielder, the 'iwtar mvidedwith a wad race hzwing'twa zmclulate sides, tke undlflaiions of one side mtemabing with thdseo'f the; other, suhstamiaily afl aset farm. I

5. In a, wad-feefimg deviw, the, combination of a wac'i-x-ecglmsm; a wad-holder in said. reaeapmcle prqvided with a. wad-race, mamas far discharging walks-from said; holder, and

means for defieciaing wms from said homer and varhangizzgmid wwfimce, snbsmmi afigr as sat forth. I

In. wad-feeding daviee. 323s cembina Mon 05a wa-recepivzwie,-a wadholder in said receptacle pi'nvi aisd with a wad-race. means for (iisehm ging Nada from said hwlder, and mwns for deflecting wads .lafierally from said holder am cverhanging the end- 0f said wad- ?me, aubstm ztiafly as Set 01 .51.

$ In a Wad-wading devica, 110 combinw iiiml 0i 3. Wad-x'ecepmcle, a. wad-hams! in said racepmcie pmvifisd with. a wad-race, means: for: discharging wads from said-110mm", and means for deflecting wads laterally from the end of said holder and everhmlging' thwend of said; Magi-race, substantially as set forth.

Siguad by me this 17th day of fviarch, 1899.

WELLIAM E1. MORRIS.

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WM... SC RALEY. A. M RKEL, 

